The Representation Theory of the Symmetric Groups

The representation theory of the symmetric roups was first studied by Frobenius and Schur, and then developed in a lonq series of papers by Younq. Althouqh a detailed study of Young's Hork would undoubtedly Day dividends, anyone who has attemted this will realize just how difficult it is to read his papers. The author, for one, has never undertaken this task, and so no reference will be found here to any of Younq's proofs, althouqh it is probable that some of the techniques resented are identical to hi